Hermit crab wears horrific doll's head as a shell due to a lack of affordable housing
Hermit crabs are just like us: they need a safe place to hide from terrible humans.
A crab believed to be found in the Pacific's Pitcairn Islands was recently spotted with a rather unusual shell: a baby doll's head. Typically, hermit crabs use abandoned sea snail shells as their protective shell.
The crab involved is a coconut crab, one of the larger species of hermit crabs. It's not too distant from the crappy hermit crabs you used to buy as a kid at PetCo and then immediately regret purchasing.
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It is, however, strangely similar to Babyface from Toy Story.
Marine litter is a gnawing problem for the hermit crab community, leading them to make unfortunate fashion choices like this one.
Anyways, my heart goes out to this little dumb crab. Affordable housing is a real problem in the human world too -- so much that one man recently rented a box to live in for $400 a month.
We feel your pain, crab. Just maybe make better decisions with your fashion.
Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.
